Category: Africa

The vice-president of Sudan’s ruling sovereign council has said politicians are to blame for Tuesday’s attempted coup. “Politicians are the main cause behind coups because

Campaign group Human Rights Watch says the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo repeatedly ignored security warnings which preceded a prison riot last year

A man who was portrayed in a film as a life-saving hero during the Rwandan genocide has been sentenced to 25 years for terrorism by

Story: Peace AWUKU President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo along with his Ivorian counterpart, Alassane Ouattara were in the Guinean capital, Conakry, on Friday, September 17, 2021. The

Ethiopia’s foreign ministry has welcomed the UN security council’s calls to resume talks with neighbouring Sudan and Egypt to resolve their dispute and finalise their

Some survivors of jihadist attacks in Mozambique are selling some of the donations they get including food to raise money to build houses. The displaced

A court in Ibadan, south-west Nigeria, has ordered the government to pay the sum of about $48m (£35m) in aggravated damages to a Yoruba separatist

US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to allow targeted sanctions to be imposed against individuals and groups perpetrating violence and impeding humanitarian

Eritrean refugees were raped, detained and killed by forces in northern Ethiopia, according to a report by the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW). The abuses

* Over Ethiopia dam row The United Nations has urged Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to resume talks to resolve the dispute over the Nile dam